The Sacraments

If you are interested in being baptized, confirmed, or married at St. Paul's
or if you would like to arrange for a funeral or memorial service,
please contact our clergy at St. Paul's:

The Rev. Jeff Goldone, Interim Rector
[email protected] / 314-910-8076 (cell/text)
[email protected] / 314-352-0370 (church office)

Sacraments are outward and visible signs of inward and spiritual grace, given by Christ as sure and certain means by which we receive that grace.

The two great sacraments given by Christ to his Church are Holy Baptism and the Holy Eucharist (communion). Other sacramental rites have evolved in the Church, including confirmation, ordination, holy matrimony, reconciliation of a penitent (penance), and unction (healing).

Holy Baptism is the sacrament by which God adopts us as his children and makes us members of Christ's Body, the Church, and inheritors of the kingdom of God.
The Holy Eucharist is the sacrament commanded by Christ for the continual remembrance of his life, death, and resurrection, until his coming again.
Confirmation is the rite in which we express a mature commitment to Christ, and receive strength from the Holy Spirit through prayer and the laying on of hands by a bishop.
Ordination is the right in which God gives authority and the grace of the Holy Spirit to those being made bishops, priests, and deacons, through prayer and the laying on of hands by bishops.
Holy Matrimony is a Christian marriage, in which two people enter into a life-long union, make their vows before God and the Church, and receive the grace and blessings of God to help them fulfill their vows.
Reconciliation of a Penitent, or Penance, is the rite in which those who repent of their sins may confess them to God in the presence of a priest, and receive the assurance of pardon and the grace of absolution.
Unction is the rite of anointing the sick with oil, or the laying on of hands, by which God's grace is given for the healing of spirit, mind and body.

The Sacraments

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